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A.A. Gill has been the must-read television critic in the SUNDAY TIMES ‘Culture’ section for more than ten years. This collection of some of the best writing from his columns is broken down into themes – Sport, Costume Drama, Detectives, Children’s Television, and News.
And now it’s over to A.A. Gill:
‘Those who complain, usually from the Parnassian heights of print journalism, that TV is dumbed-down and peddles dross to the lowest common denominator, citing Big Brother or Celibate Love Island, miss the point…
In barely a generation, the information from television has changed the way we see the world and everyone in it. That’s no small achievement. Television really does make a difference… It can bring down walls, save lives and right wrongs. It can also tell you how to put a water feature on your patio…’
A.A. Gill has been the must-read television critic in the SUNDAY TIMES ‘Culture’ section for more than ten years. This collection of some of the best writing from his columns is broken down into themes – Sport, Costume Drama, Detectives, Children’s Television, and News.
And now it’s over to A.A. Gill:
‘Those who complain, usually from the Parnassian heights of print journalism, that TV is dumbed-down and peddles dross to the lowest common denominator, citing Big Brother or Celibate Love Island, miss the point…
In barely a generation, the information from television has changed the way we see the world and everyone in it. That’s no small achievement. Television really does make a difference… It can bring down walls, save lives and right wrongs. It can also tell you how to put a water feature on your patio…’
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